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halfwitty.bsky.social @halfwitty.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Our bodies create around 330 billion new cells every day through cell division. Dr. Andrew Moore captured that process in stunning detail — a feat that earned him 4th place in the 2026 @nikonusa Small World in Motion Competition. www.nikonsmallworld.com/galleries/20...

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halfwitty.bsky.social @halfwitty.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Study reveals that playing fast-paced action games and turn-based strategy games can enhance memory and attention. Brain scans indicate that action games lead to stronger and longer-lasting structural changes in the brain Study: www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/16... www.psypost.org/different-vi...

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halfwitty.bsky.social @halfwitty.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Probiotic Bifidobacterium bifidum BGN4 supplementation modulates gut microbiome composition and reduces circulating zonulin, TNFα, and insulin in adults with excess adiposity: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial - pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42116047/ pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42116047/

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halfwitty.bsky.social @halfwitty.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Chihuahua dogs are genetically part coyote based on a recent genomics study Study: www.nature.com/articles/s41... phys.org/news/2026-09...

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halfwitty.bsky.social @halfwitty.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Large-Language Models as a Cognitive Virus. They ran LLMs through the formal frameworks of evolutionary biology, complex systems theory, and concluded LLMs satisfy every mathematical definition of a virus. Image credit: created with Google Gemini arxiv.org/pdf/2609.03344 arxiv.org/pdf/2609.03344

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halfwitty.bsky.social @halfwitty.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Vitamin D supplement associated with better cognition in persons with sleep disturbance and mild cognitive Impairment pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC... pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

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halfwitty.bsky.social @halfwitty.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Deep-Earth map reveals a lost continent Buried along the eastern front of the Appalachian Mountains, lies a fragment of a lost continent. The 200-kilometer-thick slab of crust was probably created during the breakup of the Pangaea agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...

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halfwitty.bsky.social @halfwitty.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Republicans death rate from Covid were 15 to 43% higher after the vaccine was available with no difference seen before the vaccine. Study: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

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halfwitty.bsky.social @halfwitty.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Time-restricted feeding extends healthspan in both sexes and lifespan in male A composite Healthspan Index revealed that TRF extended healthspan in both sexes, though the benefits were more prolonged in female mice relative to their total lifespan. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42230994/

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halfwitty.bsky.social @halfwitty.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Vaccine for pancreatic cancer passed phase 1 trial with stimulated KRAS-specific T-cell response in 90% of participants Study: aacrjournals.org/cancerdiscov... pharmacally.com/first-human-...

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halfwitty.bsky.social @halfwitty.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Contrary to pro-Brexit rhetoric, Brexit had an adverse impact on the quality of the National Health Service (NHS) By inducing a shortage of skilled nurses (from the EU), the NHS subsequently had higher patient mortality. academic.oup.com/ej/advance-a... academic.oup.com/ej/advance-a...

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halfwitty.bsky.social @halfwitty.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Researchers have set a new ambient-pressure superconductivity record of 151 K (-188 °F) By treating pressure as a temporary environment rather than a permanent structural tool, researchers stabilized a 151 K (-188 °F) superconducting state at atmospheric pressure. www.asme.org/topics-resou...

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halfwitty.bsky.social @halfwitty.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

A species of gut bacteria, Phocaeicola vulgatus, could ease anxiety and diarrhea-predominant IBS This study provides evidence that P. vulgatus can alleviate anxiety in IBS by targeting amygdala-centered neuropathology Study: www.nature.com/articles/s41... medicalxpress.com/news/2026-06...

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halfwitty.bsky.social @halfwitty.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Exercise can induce mitochondrial remodeling in skeletal muscle and reverse age-associated functional decline in mice and humans pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41911459/ pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41911459/

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halfwitty.bsky.social @halfwitty.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

New lidar system maps millimeter-accurate location, speed and material properties in a single measurement The new system measures how the polarization properties of light change after interacting with the target surface Paper opg.optica.org/optica/fullt... techxplore.com/news/2026-06...

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halfwitty.bsky.social @halfwitty.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Aiding peace or conflict? The impact of USAID cuts on violence CONCLUSION:The abrupt withdrawal of USAID led to a significant and sustained increase in conflict across Africa’s most USAID-dependent regions. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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halfwitty.bsky.social @halfwitty.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Study: Human health appears unaffected by living near wind turbines The study analyzed data from the U.S. Wind Turbine Database of approximately 75,000 turbines installed between 1981 and 2024. study: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... medicalxpress.com/news/2026-05...

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halfwitty.bsky.social @halfwitty.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Pet ownership was associated with slower rates of decline in verbal memory and verbal fluency among older adults living alone Study: Pet Ownership, Living Alone, and Cognitive Decline Among Adults 50 Years and Older jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

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halfwitty.bsky.social @halfwitty.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Cornell Free Virtual Workshop: Introduction to CUDA CUDA is a parallel computing architecture and API created by NVIDIA that enables NVIDIA GPUs This roadmap is an introduction to basic CUDA programming and performance optimization. cvw.cac.cornell.edu/cuda-intro cvw.cac.cornell.edu/cuda-intro

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halfwitty.bsky.social @halfwitty.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

How B-2 bombers vanish from radar. This simulation shows how electromagnetic waves interact with stealth aircraft surfaces. The B-2 Spirit uses engineered shapes, radar-absorbing materials, and coatings to scatter incoming waves instead of reflecting them back Credit: Prof. Halim Boutayeb (YT)

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halfwitty.bsky.social @halfwitty.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

8-Year Longitudinal Cohort Study finds Omega 3 supplementation was associated with a significantly better cognitive function and maintenance in Korean older adults compared to non-Omega 3 supplementation users www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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halfwitty.bsky.social @halfwitty.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

NASA created the sounds of the Solar Winds based on the electromagnetic noise experienced by the Parker Solar probe More: science.nasa.gov/mission/park...

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halfwitty.bsky.social @halfwitty.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

HARVEST: Unlocking the Dark Bioactivity Data of Pharmaceutical Patents via Agentic AI HARVEST is a multi-agent system that extracts drug-target binding data from pharmaceutical patents. It made fewer errors than human curators www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

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halfwitty.bsky.social @halfwitty.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Study: An Elephant’s Trunk Is Covered in Whiskers Unlike Those on Any Other Animal www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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halfwitty.bsky.social @halfwitty.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

This map claims to be the most accurate map of the world Created by Japanese architect Hajime Narukawa, the AuthaGraph projection preserves the true relative size of landmasses far better than traditional maps more: www.authagraph.com/projects/des...

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halfwitty.bsky.social @halfwitty.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

High sugar intake is linked to about a 30% higher risk of depression, according to a study of over 30,000 participants. Individuals consuming the most sugar had a greater likelihood of depressive symptoms, even after researchers adjusted for other factors. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

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halfwitty.bsky.social @halfwitty.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

A 120-y time series of genomes reveals the consequences of closed breeding in German Shepherd Dogs Conclusion: strong artificial selection and inbreeding after WWII for specific aesthetic criteria is responsible for the genomic health declines in GSDs. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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halfwitty.bsky.social @halfwitty.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Bulging Checkerboard Illusion by KilledByAPixel for(w=60,i=2e3;i--;x[f](X*w+30+(X>15?1:-1)*z-r,Y*w+30+(Y>8?-1:1)*z-r,r*=2,r))X=(i>>1)%33,Y=i/66|0,i%2&&x[f='fillRect'](X*w,Y*w,w,w),x.fillStyle=X%2^Y%2?R():'#fff',r=5+5*C(t-Y/9),z=(i%2-.5)*35

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halfwitty.bsky.social @halfwitty.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

The Corporate Bullshit Receptivity Scale: a novel measure of individual differences in susceptibility to corporate bullshit. Those who 'circle back' and 'synergize' also tend to be bad at their jobs. www.researchgate.net/publication/...

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halfwitty.bsky.social @halfwitty.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Roseburia inulinivorans, a gut bacteria, increases muscle strength: It was positively associated with multiple strength measures including handgrip, leg press and bench press in humans. gut.bmj.com/content/earl...

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halfwitty.bsky.social @halfwitty.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Hypocrisy and intolerance drive religious doubt among college students Across the board, the behavior of religious individuals proved to be a major stumbling block for the undergraduate population. psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?d... psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?d... www.psypost.org/hypocrisy-an...

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halfwitty.bsky.social @halfwitty.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

A study of left-wing and right-wing political supporters in Germany found that metacognitive training designed to reduce overconfidence and challenge cognitive biases —successfully reduced hostile attitudes toward opposing political groups onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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halfwitty.bsky.social @halfwitty.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Egg Consumption and Human Health: A Comprehensive Review of the Effects on Serum Lipids, Antioxidant Status, and Cardiovascular Outcomes www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jpsa... www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jpsa...

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halfwitty.bsky.social @halfwitty.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Large Language Model Reasoning Failures "... unless we start measuring how models fail not just how often they succeed we’ll keep deploying systems that pass benchmarks, fail silently in production, and explain themselves with confidence while doing the wrong thing." www.arxiv.org/pdf/2602.061...

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halfwitty.bsky.social @halfwitty.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Study: Ultra-processed foods should be treated more like cigarettes than food UPFs are made to encourage addiction and consumption and should be regulated like tobacco. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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halfwitty.bsky.social @halfwitty.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Research suggests that "playing the victim" does not signal weakness to voters. Instead, politicians who emphasized their own victimhood during a scandal were often evaluated as more competent than those who did not, making it a highly attractive strategy. www.tandfonline.com/.../10.../10...

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halfwitty.bsky.social @halfwitty.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

The secrets of baseball's magic mud: Study quantifies its properties to show it's not simply a superstition They found that it is composed of nonswelling clay, which reduces shine without being slippery, and quartz, which helps to abrade the leather for grip. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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halfwitty.bsky.social @halfwitty.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Study Finds Alpha-2 Receptor Drugs Reduce Heavy Alcohol Drinking Findings point to alpha-2 adrenergic receptors as a key modulator of heavy drinking and alcohol-related cognitive problems. www.bumc.bu.edu/camed/news-e...

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halfwitty.bsky.social @halfwitty.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Fermented Lacticaseibacillus Paracasei Cultures Ameliorate Colitis by Modulating Microbiota-Derived Tryptophan Metabolism and Macrophage Polarization advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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halfwitty.bsky.social @halfwitty.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Scientific Ballooning Handbook 50th Anniversary Edition Evolution and theory of ballooning, and contributions from experts in the technological areas of energy balance, lift gases, design, instrumentation and stabilization are included. ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20... ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20...

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halfwitty.bsky.social @halfwitty.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

One hundred years of quantum mechanics Quantum mechanics has gone from a theory in test to becoming the foundation of new technologies www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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halfwitty.bsky.social @halfwitty.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

New mechanism identified that shields persister tumor cells from the immune system Researchers identified inflammatory gene silencing as a distinctive feature of persister tumor cells, thereby paving the way for the development of new treatments. bist.eu/new-mechanis... bist.eu/new-mechanis...

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halfwitty.bsky.social @halfwitty.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Study: High Genetic Risk (HGR) scores does not predict responsiveness to weight loss. The combination of a low-carbohydrate diet and a resistance-training program was associated with significant weight loss, regardless of genetic predisposition for obesity. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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halfwitty.bsky.social @halfwitty.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

Effect of sweeteners and sweetness enhancers on weight management & gut microbiota composition in overweight or obese individuals: the SWEET study Fndings indicate that prolonged consumption of S&SEs in a healthy diet is a safe strategy for obesity management. www.nature.com/articles/s42...

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halfwitty.bsky.social @halfwitty.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

LSD microdosing in major depressive disorder • This is the first trial with microdosed LSD administered at home to treat depression. • There was a pronounced, long-lasting reduction in depression severity across the intervention period. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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halfwitty.bsky.social @halfwitty.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

First Stage of Testing for a Drug Targeting Complete Spinal Cord Injury Is Approved in Brazil Process will assess the safety of polylaminin, a drug developed by Brazilian scientists www1.folha.uol.com.br/internaciona...

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halfwitty.bsky.social @halfwitty.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

New sprayable powder forms instant gel barrier to stop severe bleeding in seconds advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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halfwitty.bsky.social @halfwitty.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

Research shows that swearing can increase physical strength and endurance The technical term is the “hypoalgesic effect of swearing.” “Swearing is such a common response to pain. There has to be an underlying reason why we do it,” www.apa.org/pubs/journal...

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halfwitty.bsky.social @halfwitty.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

First-in-human clinical trial of personalized, biomaterial-based cancer vaccine demonstrates feasibility, safety, and immune activation wyss.harvard.edu/news/first-i...

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